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Published by Ajira Zetu tz on Monday, October 15, 2018

Gender Specialist, Legislative Job VacanciesBackground:
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter
of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination
against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement
of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of
development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
UN
Women in Tanzania is implementing its Strategic Note (2017-2021), under
which one of the priority areas is women’s leadership and political
participation. The Women’s Leadership and Political Participation
Project (Wanawake Wanaweza) Phase II (2017-2021) builds on Phase I (2014
– 2017) and continues to promote gender equality and the empowerment of
women as per UN Women’s global mandate and supports the Government of
Tanzania as a Member State to the United Nations to implement
international standards, providing suitable technical and financial
assistance.
The
second phase of the project aims at achieving the overarching
goal/impact “Women lead and participate in decision-making at all
levels” building on the momentum created and gains made from the first
phase. The project is in line with the UNDAP II outcome “Women and girls
increasingly participate in political and public life and are elected
to leadership position”, the UN Women Tanzania, Country Strategic
Framework 2017 – 2021; the UN Women Global Flagship Programme Initiative
on Women’s Political Empowerment and Leadership, as well as, national
gender policy, the SDGs, CEDAW and other international and regional
commitments.Read Also: THE LIST OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES (104+ POSTS

Within the UNDP led Legislative Support
Project II 2017-2021, UN Women will support the National Assembly to
undertake gender mainstreaming in all its functions, in line with the
delivery on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and in
particular on Goal 5 to ‘achieve gender equality and empower all women
and girls’ and Goal 16 relating to good governance and strong
institutions.Job Title: Gender Specialist, Legislative - UN WomenLocation:
Dodoma
Application Deadline:
2018-10-26Duties and Responsibilities

Under
the dual supervision of the UN Women Programme Specialist Leadership
and Political Participation and the UNDP Chief Technical Advisor for the
Legislative Support Project, the Gender Specialist will support the
integration of gender equality and empowerment in the Legislative
Support Project II. She/he works in close collaboration with the
Legislative Support Project II and UN Women WLPP program team, National
Assembly, Government officials, and other key stakeholders for the
successful implementation and achievement of planned results under
his/her portfolio. The main tasks of the Gender Specialist will be to
support the implementation of Output 5 of the Legislative Support
Project II and ensure effective mainstreaming of gender in all other
components of the Legislative Support Project II to enhance National
Assembly effectiveness and inclusiveness in fulfilling its
constitutional mandate.
The Gender Specialist will perform the following tasks:1. Advisory Services

Provide high quality technical and strategic policy advice to the
Legislative Support Project II, on effective implementation of
programmes and initiatives on gender mainstreaming in the National
Assembly; and

Advise on the continued alignment of the Legislative Support Project
II with gender-related international and national commitments and
goals.

2. Analysis

Undertake periodic gender analysis of various issues identified in
the Gender Audit and Assessment and develop specific gender profiles for
the National Assembly;

Ensure and make available existing gender tools and frameworks with clear performance targets and indicators;

Coordinate systematic gender analysis and contributions for the full
range of National Assembly, national and UN policy, planning,
assessment and programme documents.

3. Programme Development and Monitoring

Support the implementation of the Gender Strategy and Action Plan.

Support the implementation of Output 5 of the Legislative Support
Project II including designing training tools and conducting various
trainings on gender equality and women’s empowerment principles to the
National Assembly;

Coordinate, monitor and provide support towards the achievement of
gender equality targets, aggregating results to inform programme and
policy interventions at the National Assembly and contribute to UN Women
and UNDP corporate reporting requirements;

Coordinate mentorship of the National Assembly Legislative Support
Project II team on gender mainstreaming and programming including the
Legislative Support Project II secretariat, the Gender Desk, clerks of
parliamentary committees and management team;

Develop a mechanism to track and monitor progress on gender mainstreaming in Legislative Support Project II;

Support designing and formulation of programme/ project proposals and initiatives related to support to the National Assembly.

4. Developing Partnerships and Networks

Coordinate with and involve the Gender National Machinery (Ministry
of Health, Community Development, Elderly, Gender and Children) and
Women’s Rights Organizations in key aspects of Legislative Support
Project II and ensure that all information and outreach activities and
resources of the project target and involve both women and men;

Develop and strengthen partnerships with existing national and
international initiatives, especially those that focus on gender
equality and women’s empowerment principles including initiatives with
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Pan African Parliament, SADC
Parliamentary Forum and East African Legislative Assembly;

Identify opportunities for strategic partnerships with national
research and academic institutions working on gender issues at the
country level and establish linkages with UN Women global initiatives
such as the UN Women training Centre.

5. Advocacy and Leadership

Coordinate and oversee the development of advocacy material to promote gender mainstreaming within the National Assembly;

Conduct periodic reviews of progress towards the implementation of
Output 5 and gender mainstreaming in all other aspects of the
Legislative Support Project II;

Advise UN Women and UNDP LSP project team on key achievements,
messages and advocacy opportunities for which there may wish to engage
strategically.

6. Knowledge Management:

Promote good practices and lessons learned and organize meetings to
draw lessons on issues of gender mainstreaming in the Legislative
Support Project II;

Facilitate the utilization of localized international best practices
on gender mainstreaming and programming to be applied in the
Legislative Support Project II, and document and share information and
knowledge coming out of this project;

Ensure the documentation of good practices, the preparation of
policy papers and guidance notes gender mainstreaming and programming.

Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports to inform management and strategic decision-making

Strong knowledge of gender mainstreaming issues in the National Assembly

Ability to identify and analyze GEWE trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising and develop strategies

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree in law, political science, gender/women's studies, international development.

Experience:

At least 5 years of progressively responsible work experience at the
national or international level in design, planning, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of programmes on gender equality and women’s
empowerment;

Technical experience in gender mainstreaming in the National Assemblies/Parliaments;

Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is an asset;

Experience working in the UN System is an asset;

Language:

Fluency in English and Swahili is required;

Working knowledge of another official UN language is an asset;

Disclaimer
UNWOMEN is committed to achieving diversity within
its workforce, and encourages all qualified applicants, irrespective of
gender, nationality, disabilities, sexual orientation, culture,
religious and ethnic backgrounds to apply. All applications will be
treated in the strictest confidence.